WORTH THE WAIT

The first major building of the West Kowloon Cultural District, a centre for Cantonese opera and traditional Chinese theatre, opens this month

After years of watching the buildings in the West Kowloon Cultural District slowly rise from the ground, Hong Kong’s culture vultures can finally visit one of the development’s major projects, the Xiqu Centre, when it opens this month. Billed as a “contemporary gateway to Chinese opera,” the Xiqu Centre is set to be a world-class platform for the conservation and performance of Cantonese opera and other xiqu (traditional forms of Chinese theatre). Designed by Bing Thom Architects and Ronald Lu and Partners, the building houses a 1,073-seat Grand Theatre, a 200-seat Tea House Theatre, eight studio spaces and a seminar hall, giving directors and performers space to devise both intimate productions and huge theatrical spectacles. After the opening ceremony on January 20, the inaugural performance will be a production of Tong Tik-sang’s…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2019

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